"Eric Frank Russell - With a Strange Device" - читать интересную книгу автора (Russell Eric Frank)

`Wanderlust does look out of character for him,' Berg admitted. `But you know the old saying: still
waters run deep.'
`You may be right. I get tired of routine myself sometimes. But not tired enough to throw up a good job.'



`You've a wife and two kids to keep,' Berg pointed out.



`Haperny has nobody to think of but himself. He's free to do as he pleases. If he wants to switch from
scientific research to garbage collecting, I say good luck to him. Somebody's got to move ourgarbage,
else we'd be stuck with it. Have you ever thought of that?'



`My mind dwells on higher things,' said Bransome, virtuously.



`I'd dwell on lower ones if the junk were piling up in your backyard,' Berg retorted.



Ignoring that, Bransome said, `Haperny is stodgy but no dope. He's got a plodding but brilliant mind. If
he's taking off it's for a reason better than the one he's seen fit to make public.'



`Such as?'



`I don't know. I can only guess. Maybe he's been given another official job elsewhere and is under strict
orders to keep his mouth shut.'



`Could be.In this uncertain world anything is possible. Someday I may vanish myself-and make good as
a strip-teaser.'



`With that paunch?'